Saturday, February 27, 2010

What is the best adhesive to tack the head liner back on. please help I cant see its driving me crazy?

Absolutely the only thing to use and the one that upholstery shops usually use is the 3M brand number 77 spray adhesive. Most all major auto parts stores carry it and if I remember is about 7 bucks a can. DON'T get the cheap stuff as is crappola. Heat will cause the cheap stuff to let go on a hot day. That 3M 77 stuff lasts at least as long as the original if not longer. Sprays to both sides (headliner cloth and also headliner board) Once dry to the touch, depending on weather from a couple of minutes to 30 minutes, ';carefully'; put it back on. You won't get a second chance usually as this stuff stick s on contact when you are putting it back on so some help is usually a good idea to make sure you don't stick it back in the wrong spot and have it stuck there permanently. :-)What is the best adhesive to tack the head liner back on. please help I cant see its driving me crazy?
I use 3M Hi-Strenght 90 Spray Adhesive.What is the best adhesive to tack the head liner back on. please help I cant see its driving me crazy?
None will work very well. It is the foam backing that deteriorates. You will never re-glue the o;d and make it look good, and it may not stick well.





You can use a staple gun, or thumbtacks, those will work OK. If you don't want to spend the money at an upholstery shop, just pull all the fabric out, brush off all the crumbling foam and paint the formed board with latex paint. It looks pretty good, and you can still have new fabric installed later if you wish.
you should see about having the head liner fixed ...


What you or if you pay some one to do is take the head liner out of the car remove all the old glue and glue on a new one head liner with 3m spray adhesive . I hope this will help
it all depends what is falling, just the cloth from the cardboard or the whole cardboard headliner. If its the cardboard they use velcro or a two sided tape at the factory to hold it up in the front and back. If the cloth has seperated from the cardboard there is not a whole lot you can do except replace the whole headliner unless you want to duct tape it up somehow. and maybe try gorilla glue.

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